Dougie Walsh called his coach and pleaded with him to give him another shot on the mound. His last performance did not go so well and Dougie was dropped from the rotation. He invited his coach over to his accuracy obstacle course to show him his new and improved pitches. Convinced that Dougie could make…
Read more The Boy Who Threw Strikes – An Unhittable Performance, With A Catch
I didn’t travel much outside of New England during the 2 plus years of Covid-19. I am probably not alone in that statement. Many people stayed home or stayed local due to travel restrictions and state, federal guidelines on travel. I missed traveling and am so excited that I have gotten back to it in…
Read more The Fayetteville Woodpeckers And Super Long Train Experience
I love attending baseball games on any level. Local youth baseball games with the stars of tomorrow playing in oversized shirts, baggy pants and their nervous parents pacing behind the dugouts. High school games, like yesterday’s Narragansett vs Middletown, which featured my amazing nephew Jackson Hohl in LF (great game Jackson, you had that dude…
Admittedly, my artistic drawing ability starts and ends with stick figures and primitive sketches. My character’s faces typically have no eyes, no nose, no mouth, no ears, sometimes a head of hair, most likely a hat of some sort. So when I see a mural or piece of art painted on a wall, side of…
Read more The Mural Of The Story – An 8Unassisted Photo Gallery of Wondrous Wall Art
I recently spent a week in Arkansas at a management training conference for the company I work for ArcBest (ABF Freight). It was the second trip to Arkansas in the past two months, as many of the corporation’s managers and supervisors (like myself) are just now catching on company training that Covid-19 short circuited. Classes…
Read more Afternoon Baseball at Baum-Walker Stadium for Arkansas vs Omaha
After Dougie Walsh pitched (perhaps) the worst game of his young baseball career, he hopped in his mom’s car with a giant scowl on his face. His mom asked him what happened out there today. Dougie shrugged and said, “I don’t know, I just couldn’t get a good feel for the baseball.” His mom asked…
Dougie Walsh was becoming a local folk hero of sorts. His recent heroics in nabbing or striking down a potential purse snatcher had garnered him a “Local Hero” medal from the Mayor. Friends and even strangers wanted to see how good Dougie’s aim was in other arenas, so they set out to discover just that.…
Read more The Boy Who Threw Strikes – Making Friends and Winning Prizes
At the tail end of March, I traveled to Fort Smith, Arkansas for another week of management training. Four days of meetings, guest speakers on topics like health initiatives, conflict resolution, critical thinking and more related to my position as a supervisor in a busy trucking company – ABF Freight. Prior to my arrival in…
Read more The Billboard Says It All – Thank You, North Carolina
Dougie Walsh had a knack for throwing strikes. As a youth baseball player, Dougie would spend countless hours during the cold New England Winters in his garage throwing baseballs at targets like empty milk cartons. Once the weather improved enough to go outside, Dougie drew a strike zone on his parent’s shed and pelted it…
Read more The Boy Who Threw Strikes – An 8Unassisted Baseball Cartoon
Cougar and the Big Ole Truck left Maine's Grocery store lot to cheers Cougar, in his mind, knew they were cheers of joy, not derision He hopped on I-77 and rolled his windows down The highway was a great place to showcase his music A few miles up the road, Cougar spotted a busy park…
Read more The Big Ole Adventures of Cougar Maine – An Afternoon At The Ballpark
The Rhiter - A Writer From Rhode Island 